Greens Call For Affordable Housing Boost

The Greens have promised to push for more building of affordable housing ahead of local elections in England. Launching the party's campaign, leader Natalie Bennett said there had to be more use of brownfield sites by councils looking to end shortages. She told the BBC the Greens were seeing "big growth" in support and were hoping to make progress in such places as London, Liverpool and Oxford. They expected to gain councillors "up and down the country", she said. Read more on the BBC website.